OECD states shy of Graziano new term
ROME - Most OECD countries have stopped short of endorsing FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva's bid for re-election, evidently waiting to see if there is another candidate, FAO sources say
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ROME - Most OECD countries have stopped short of endorsing FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva's bid for re-election, evidently waiting to see if there is another candidate, FAO sources say
ROME -Italian politicians across the spectrum expressed outrage over the Charlie Hebdo terror attack Wednesday as police in Rome stepped up security at media offices and sensitive potential targets
VATICAN CITY – The White House has thanked Pope Francis for his personal involvement in the historic agreement between the US and Cuba, which the pontiff declared a “noble” achievement on Thursday.
ROME – Matteo Renzo is fighting to restore Italy’s special rapport with Ankara but remains outmanouvred by French President Francois Hollande’s wily diplomacy,
ROME - An original and crowded celebration of the Finnish national day took place at the Ambassador's residence in the Eternal City Saturday.
ROME - Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanim and Ambassador Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opened Kuwait’s dazzling Roma Verso Expo exhibit at Leonardo da Vinci Airport this week.
ROME – Dr Sarah Al Rakayan outlined Kuwait’s plans to combat an ever-changing food culture at a panel at FAO’s international conference on nutrition this week.
VATICAN CITY – Liverpudlian Archbishop Paul Gallagher has been appointed as the new head of foreign affairs in a re-shuffle at the top of the Catholic Church.
VATICAN CITY –Emma Madigan has taken up the post of Irish ambassador to the Holy See, after the permanent position was cut for budget reasons in 2011.
ROME – Silence fell at the eleventh hour in the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Testaccio, as veterans and embassy representatives gathered to mark Remembrance Day.
ROME – FAO Latin America Chief Forestry officer Jorge Meza evidently has disregarded the director general’s ban on croneyism, adjudicating a long term consultancy to girlfriend Maria Mercedes Proañ
ROME - Finnish president Sauli Niinistö has concluded a two-day working visit to Italy, at the invitation of Giorgio Napolitano, the President of Italy.
ROME – The Dutch Ambassador to the FAO, Gerda Verburg, is considering running as a candidate for election as Director General of the UN agency, diplomatic sources said Thursday.
ROME- The Turkish Ambassador to Italy, H.E. Aydin A.Sezgin, played host to hundreds of guests at a glittering reception to mark Turkey’s national Day.
ROME -The FAO is laying off 111 of its staff in Somalia and Kenya, raising concern about the agency's capacity to deal with a future famine, FAO sources say
ROME –The FAO will follow “precautional measures recommended by Italian authorities” against Ebola when thousands of delegates arrive for an international nutrition conference, the UN agency says.
ROME --A World Food Programme (WFP) staff member tested negative for Ebola at a Rome hospital Wednesday having felt unwell after returning from Guinea, WFP said.
ROME -An FAO Conference on nutrition at the agency next month has raised concern of possible contagion from delegates from Ebola hit countries among thousands arriving in Italy, FAO sources say.
ROME – A senior executive in FAO corporate communications boasted that female colleagues he seduced were “obsessed” with him and “devastated” when he dropped them, FAO sources said.
ROME– Kuwait's Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber, will continue to work for peace after the UN named him a “world humanitarian leader,” the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Italy said Friday.
ROME – FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva insisted the UN agency buy him a brand new Mercedes despite at least seven other limousines being in the car pool for him to use, FAO sources said